APC Chairman Yilwatda Claims Party Outnumbers ADC Six to One

Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has minimized the African Democratic Congress’s (ADC) political significance, maintaining that the ruling party is still far stronger and more powerful.

According to reports, Yilwatda characterized the ADC as a weak opposition force in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. He quoted notable members of the opposition coalition, such as former Senate President David Mark, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former House Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, and former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

Yilwatda also denied that the opposition’s coalition of powerful politicians is unsettling the ruling party, emphasizing that the APC is unbeatable and citing continuous defections by opposition governors as proof of the ruling party’s increasing popularity.

The APC chairman emphasized that the party’s control is founded on voluntary support rather than coercion or intimidation, stressing that the government is neither threatened nor desperate.

“ADC is not a match at all (for the APC),” he said. We have five or six of them for every one they have.

Yilwatda vehemently refuted allegations that the APC is pressuring civil officials to join its ranks, urging detractors to produce evidence.

He added that the APC is obviously favored by numerical strength and suggested that such charges might be an attempt by the opposition.

We have never made an appeal to any civil worker or asked anyone,” he continued. No civil servant has been coerced verbally, in writing, or in a video, and I will apologize.